A radio station becomes ground zero for gentrification, drugs, and revolution. Thatcher's Britain burns.
Set in a commercial radio station in an enterprise zone called ‘Riverside’, Thin Air involved property development on a massive scale, the disruption and forced exodus of a local community, the stripping away of local authority powers, left-wing activism, designer drugs, media hacks.
Direction
Antonia Bird's razor-sharp social commentary, years before Priest.
Writing
Dense, angry, authentic dialogue about forgotten communities.
Production
Enterprise zone setting feels documentary-real and dystopian.
Director
Antonia Bird
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
GB
